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High School Sports

The Marion County Knights football team is looking to put a winless 2015 campaign behind them and get back to winning for the 2016 season.
Allen Harmon is entering his first season as head coach after Corey Crume left to become the receivers coach at Kentucky State University.

The Marion County Knights golf team is looking forward to a new season with a new head coach. Joey Reed was selected to be the Knights' head coach to replace Chad Spalding, who stepped down after last season.
The Knights will be fielding 13 players, including three seniors: Luc Buckman, Aams Mattingly and Andrew Spalding.

The Marion County High School Boys Soccer Team is looking to build off its 2015 campaign, in which they advanced to the Fifth Region Tournament as runner-ups of the 18th District. The Knights finished with a 10-11 record last season.
"We were competitive last season," Head Coach Greg Conley said. "We didn't go as far as we wanted to go last season, and this season I am looking to make sure that doesn't happen again. I want to do something this postseason. I have high expectations for this team.”

The Marion County High School Girls Soccer Team is looking to put a winless 2015 season behind them and start new. This season, the Lady Knights have a new head coach, Daniel Johnson, who was hired to take over for Derek Cissell earlier this month.
"I wasn't the coach last season, but even though they didn’t win any games, they were competitive and had a shot to win in the district tournament," Johnson said.
The Lady Knights will have 25 players this season, including three seniors: Taylor Simpson, Holly Hutchins and Hannah Peterson.

Lady Knights Head Volleyball Coach David Hibbard said last season was a huge disappointment for his team in several ways.
"We had a losing record for the first time in eight seasons and lost our district title for the first time in eight seasons," he said. "Needless to say, we are eager to erase those memories and get back to winning."
The Lady Knights finished last season with a 14-21-1 and fell in the Fifth Region Tournament after advancing as runner-ups of the 20th District Tournament.

Joey Reed will be taking over the Marion County High School golf program.
Reed was hired to be the new head golf coach on July 12, replacing Chad Spalding, who stepped down last month.
Reed has had experience working with the golf program at Marion County High School. He has led the Lebanon Country Club's Junior Golf Program for the past six years and has volunteered to help the Knights golf program.

Bryce Spalding placed third in Kentucky PGA Junior Tour - Summer Series No. 23 on Tuesday, July 12, at Campbellsville Country Club. Layton Hord of Campbellsville placed first and Jonathan Brewington of Fountain Run placed second.

Daniel Johnson will be taking over as the Marion County Lady Knights head coach, effective July 14. Johnson was selected to be the next head coach after former head coach Derek Cissell left his position.
"I am excited to be the next head coach and I'm chomping at the bit to get things started," Johnson said.
Johnson was interviewed for the position on July 3 and was informed he was selected Thursday, July 7.

Marion County Knights sophomore Luke Thomas was selected by the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association (KHSBCA) to play in the Sophomore East-West All-Star Game, which was played on June 21 at Asbury University. Thomas was one of only three players to be selected from the 5th Region to play in the All-Star Game.